A disgruntled worker accused of trying to burglarize his former construction site two weeks after being fired is being sought by authorities after failing to show up for a court appearance.

Filimon Acosta Paredes, 26, of San Jose, was supposed to appear for his Superior Court arraignment on March 8, but didn’t show, according to county prosecutors. The court issued a $50,000 bench warrant for his arrest, vacated the preliminary hearing date that had been set for March 23 and forfeited his $25,000 bail, which he posted in early January.

Paredes pleaded not guilty to felony commercial burglary and felony grand theft on Jan. 10, after he and two other men allegedly attempted to steal nearly $9,000 worth of equipment from the Menlo Gateway project site along Highway 101 at about 1 a.m. Dec. 7.

Paredes and two male accomplices allegedly attempted to steal equipment, according to police. Webcor Builders, a Menlo Gateway contractor, is listed as the victim in the case report. The trio had pried open lock boxes and stacked up $8,950 worth of power tools when the burglary was interrupted by Menlo Park police officers patrolling the area. The officers spotted a vehicle parked and unoccupied with its driver seat pushed all the way back outside the construction site, then noticed that a hole had been cut in the fence and saw three people scurry for cover inside the property.

The other defendants, Faustino Carreramorales, 21, of San Francisco, and Rafael Perezmosqueda, 22, of San Jose, have received their sentences. Carreramorales pleaded no contest to felony burglary, was sentenced to 90 days in jail with credit for 97 days served and placed on three years supervised probation. Perezmosqueda, who also posted $25,000 bail, pleaded no contest to felony grand theft, was sentenced to 90 days in jail with credit for one day served and placed on three years probation.

Both are due back in court March 23 for receipt of the restitution report and order for restitution.

After his arrest, Paredes told authorities he was retaliating over the belief that he had been unjustly fired.

Shoplifting cases and commercial burglaries drove a spike in property crime during the first eight months of 2017. Meanwhile, other types of crime — stolen vehicles, aggravated assaults, robberies — were down from the same period last year